Dog-collar.



PATENTED MAR. 22,1904.

F. H. ERB, JR. DOG GOLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20, 1903.

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Patented March 22, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK H. ERB, JR, OF LAFAYETTE, INDIANA.

DOG-COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,473, dated March22, 1904. Application filed July 20, 1903. Serial No. 166,385. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK H. ERB, Jr. a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lafayette, in the county of Tippecanoe and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDog-Collars; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in dog-collars; and the object ofmy invention is to produce a simple and cheap collar, one that can bereadily put on or taken off from a dogs neck, and one that is adjustablefor different sizes of dogs.

With these objects in view my invention consists of the construction andcombinations of parts as hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of my improvedd0g-collar. Fig. 2 is a side view, partly in section, of a portion ofthe same on an enlarged scale; and Fig. 3 is a cross-section of aportion of a modified form of my invention.

The main part of the collar is composed of a spring-wire a, one end, 5,of which is screwthreaded, and the other end, (Z, has a series ofnotches 6 cut on one side thereof.

0 represents a ferrule or fastening device for holding the two ends ofthe wire a together. This ferrule is curved in the arc of a circle andhas a screw threaded portion at one end through which the screw-threadedportion. 6 engages. The ferrule is bored out to receive the other end,d. I

7 represents a set-screw passing through a hole in the ferrule c andadapted to engage in any one of the notches e.

To put the collar on a dogs neck, the screw f is loosened, pulled whollyor partially out of the ferrule 0, and the collar slipped over the dogsneck. Then the portiond is inserted into the ferrule c and adjusted sothat the set-- ferrule c is also made straight and is provided with aninternal screw-thread. The ferrule c is secured to the other end of thewire a by a swivel-joint g, and putting the collar on the dog theferrule 0 is turned until the part Z) is disengaged from said ferrule.The collar is then slipped over the dogs neck and the ferrule 0 screwedover the portion 5.

To a dog fancier the advantages of my improved collar are obvious. Theyare cheap, can be adjusted to fit dogs of different sizes, never collectany dirt, never cause skin diseases or rub the neck like a chain orleather collar. It tends to prevent dogs from fighting. The dog cannever choke himself with this collar, as it cannot be twisted or woundaround his neck like a chain collar.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an article of manufacture, a dog-collar comprising a spring-wirebent approximately into the form of a circle, and a device for securingtogether the ends of said wire, substantially as described.

2. As an article of manufacture, a dog-collar comprising a spring-wirebent approximately into the form of a circle, and a device foradjustably securing together the ends of said wire, substantially asdescribed.

3. As an article of manufacture, a dog-collar comprising a spring-wirescrew-threaded at one end and adapted to be bent approximately into theform of a circle, and a ferrule or fastening device to which the otherend of said spring-wire is secured, substantially as described.

I. As an article of manufacture, a dog-collar comprising a spring-wirescrew-threaded at one'end and with a series of notches out near theother end, said wire being adapted to be bent approximately into theform of a circle, a curved ferrule for uniting the ends of said wire,and a set-screw adapted to pass through said ferrule and into one ofsaid notches, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' FREDERICK H. EBB, J R.

Witnesses:

FRED. O. EVANS, ADAM O. BEHM.

